Tag: storylines

  • Restore Stories House for Elders Responsible for Conservation

    Restore Stories House Melanesians believe in and treat stories as the core of life. The stories are told in a particular way, at certain time and mostly in told in Stories House (Nakalam, Haus Tambaran, Mbelamu, Pilamo, Honai Laki-Laki, Men’s House…) We believe that once we restore the “Stories House”, then it will organically pull…

  • Storylines and Spirit Hotspots

    Families or clans adopt or become responsible for certain areas, plants, animals, objects, scapes, names, stories, events. By Adopting a Hotspot, we are declaring globally that a network of individuals or groups are friends and therefore custodians of certain hotspots. Conservation work is not only for Melanesian individuals and groups in isolation, but it becomes…